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Gram Positive Bacteria - Identification Algorithm
Cocci 
  - Catalase +
     -
Identification Algorithm Cocci ... #Microbiology #GPC ... #Cocci #Bacilli
Causes of CSF Lymphocytic Pleocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Viral: Arbo, Adeno, Herpes, Entero, HIV
Fungal: Cryptococcus, Cocci, Histo,
Causes of CSF Lymphocytic ... Cryptococcus, Cocci ... Leptomeningeal, Lymphoma, GPA ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Gram Positive Cocci - Bacteria Identification Algorithm
Catalase(+)
 - Coag(+): Staphylococcus aureus
 - Coag(-)
Gram Positive Cocci ... #GramPositive #cocci ... #gpc #identification
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Hematologic disease caused ... intracellular, Aerobic - Cocci ... Lutzomyia verrucarum Clinical ... toxo reactivation Clinical ... Peripheral smear - Cocci
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
ILD of Known Cause ... with Vasculitis: GPA ... BrighamChiefs #ILD #Causes
Glomerulonephritis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
ANCA:
 • C-ANCA: GPA (Wegener's)
 • P-ANCA: Microscopic Polyangiitis, Eosinophilic GPA (Churg
ANCA: • C-ANCA: GPA ... , Eosinophilic GPA ... diagnosis #nephrology #causes
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
rods, Gram(–) cocci ... Gram(+) cocci are ... Remember that clinician ... box car shaped GPR ... , these clues suggest
Abiotrophia defectiva on Blood Culture and Microscopy
 - only growing on Chocolate Agar
 - Gram pos
Agar - Gram pos cocci ... Abiotrophia #defectiva #clinical
Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
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, Sarcoidosis, GPA ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
Causes of Proteinuria ... sediment - WBC/RBC casts ... polyangiitis (GPA ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes